Constitutional Law

Pelosi questions who's 'ginning up' resistance to NYC mosque

By By The Associated Press

WASHINGTON ? House Speaker Nancy Pelosi says she supports questioning who is funding the opposition to a proposed Islamic center near the site of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks in New York.

The California Democrat yesterday said Muslim leaders have the right to build a proposed Islamic center, including a mosque, two blocks from the World Trade Center site and that the decision should be made by local leaders. But she says there should be transparency on who is paying for the $100 million project, as well as who is funding the fervent opposition to the plan.

Pelosi?s office released the statement after she told San Francisco radio station KCBS that opponents are trying to politicize the project. She said in the interview with the station: ?How is this being ginned up??

Full post as published by First Amendment Center on August 18, 2010 (boomark / email).